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Originally Posted by guncannon109

It will, and remember, it's okay to cry.

They were manly tears.

That said I have similar issues with the ending of W that I did with the ending of Fourze. Way to cheapen what was a very emotionally well done moment by bringing Phillip back. I mean seriously, their final moments together were a serious tearjerker, very well done, and then you spoil it by bringing him back the next episode.

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Originally Posted by Den-O

No, W just wasn't my first rider series so I'm not in that category of people who cling to it for that reason. And I thought it was pretty average on the spectrum of rider shows so I'm not one of the people on the other side who fauns over it as a masterpiece. I thought it was generally a good show with a little flare that gets way over exaggerated and exalted by most fans. That's just my 2 cents.

W isn't my first Rider series either. I started with Wizard, which is ongoing. My first series I watched from start to finish was Fourze, so I do have a bit of a special attachment there. W I just felt was incredibly strong from start to finish. Rarely did I feel it dragged on or lost my interest. Thematically it managed to find a wonderful balance between fun, lighthearted moments and dark, dramatic ones. The stories and characters were likeable and interesting. We had a great cast of villains with some pretty neat designs (though I still think I prefer the Zodiarts). Was the show perfect? No, it certainly had its issues, and the overall ending to the series I feel was one of them given how strong the second to last episode was (the series really should have ended there, IMO), but as a whole it was really solid and deserves the praise it gets.